I recently ran across an interesting article on the use of spatial visualization to create and explore transmedia narratives. Sur Naik’s article “Sailing Through Transmedia Landscapes” is an interesting take on work done by Gary Hayes. I was surprised (and honored) to find some of my own work adapted toContinue Reading
This image was created using Daz Studio to render a near-photorealistic image which was then processed in Photoshop with a set of actions and filters.Continue Reading
The magazine business is in the midst of a period of transition. Sales are slumping as readers — particularly younger readers — move from print to digital media. Cosmopolitan is looking for new strategies for engaging digital readers; storytelling is at the heart of those new strategies. This is notContinue Reading
Over the past few months I’ve been taking an in-depth look at visual storytelling using both still and moving images. I recently ran across an absolutely wonderful example of storytelling that uses many of the basic principles of visual storytelling. Davy and Kristin McGuire use intricate paper sets, sophisticated lighting techniques,Continue Reading
The emergence of transmedia storytelling presents a tremendous opportunity to those working professionally to shape visions of the future. Shaping the future means shaping popular perceptions of the future and transmedia storytelling can be a powerful tool for doing that. Over the past two decades I’ve used a lot of differentContinue Reading
While not technically a transmedia story — defined as one or more related stories told across two or more forms of media — a poem by Langston Hughes and graphics by Afua Richardson are a powerful example of the impact of integrating text, images, and music. Hughes’ poem The NegroContinue Reading
Transmedia storytelling provides an opportunity to integrate both intellect and emotion into a single powerful package. This ability to touch audiences in both ways can make transmedia storytelling particularly effective when looking at issues dealing with social change and the future. Transmedia storytelling techniques have been used in a numberContinue Reading
In an upcoming article in the Journal of Futures Studies I talk about the role transmedia storytelling can play in the field of futures studies. Transmedia storytelling provides new opportunities to shape personal narratives. As we integrate data and information with context and experience the knowledge and wisdom that weContinue Reading
A major challenge facing the transmedia narrative designer is integrating multiple media into an effective story. Particularly important is ensuring the visual design fits with and enhances the story structure, ensuring a coherent and cohesive narrative. Films, comics/graphic novels, photo essays, and other visual forms of communication can all provideContinue Reading
Last fall I wrote an article that combines two fields that I am deeply interested in — transmedia storytelling and futures studies. It is scheduled for publication in the Journal of Futures Studies in March. This abstract lays out the basic premise of the article. Foresight professionals and the futuresContinue Reading